#CB9979#CB9979

#CB9979 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.075 H 53.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9979
RGB	rgb(203, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(23, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(23, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 40.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, 14.53, 24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 28.13, 58.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.0441 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.075 53.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4724, 36.8618, 23.1214)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9979 #79ABCB

analogous

#CB7982 #CB9979 #CBC279

triadic

#CB9979 #79CB99 #9979CB

tetradic

#CB9979 #82CB79 #79ABCB #C279CB

square

#CB9979 #82CB79 #79ABCB #C279CB

split-complementary

#CB9979 #79CBC2 #7982CB

monochromatic

#915B38 #BA774D #CB9979 #DCBBA5 #EDDCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CB9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#CB9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9979

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9979	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79D77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.075 53.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb7a0',
    500: '#cb9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9979;
$custom-light: #dcb7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.415,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72246,
    "c": 0.07471,
    "h": 53.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9979

secondary

#C1D3DE

accent

#82B72E

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9979

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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